Handset incorporates Korean patterns on surface.

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Featuring clamshell design with dimensions of 7.8 x 3.7 cm, Model IM-S150 incorporates dual TFT LCD with 260,000 colors as well as 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, 64 polyphonic ringtones, and MP3 player. Users can send photos and phone numbers to other mobile phones through infrared data association function.



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Pantech Designs Its New Handset with Korean Traditional Patterns



o The new phone features intricate and compact clamshell for its design
o The phone has been honored by 2007 iF Design Award for its stylish design

SEOUL, December 27, 2006: Pantech Group, the leading Korean handset manufacturer, has announced the launch of IM-S150, a new compact handset accepting the Korean traditional patterns on the surface as part of its design innovation initiatives.

The new phone is likely to strongly appeal to the trend-conscious customers for its stylish and compact design. The IM-S150 is 7.8cm in height and 3.7cm in width and weighs only 80g. Pantech creates the finest phone incorporating the Korean original patterns into such a compact handset.

Man Gi Kim, the spokesman of Pantech Group said, "Design has become one of the key factors to success in the mobile phone sector, and this kind of unique and stylish surface design is what we have brought into focus. We are excited to offer Pantech's another modish phone, the IM-S150, to our customers." "Pantech will constantly create new designs inspired by Korean traditional beauty."

Recently, the IM-S150 has earned plaudits for its trendy and stylish design. It is one of the four Pantech products honored at the prestigious 2007 iF(International Forum) Design Awards for excellence in the design of cellular phones.

The IM-S150 features advanced-quality screen, incorporating dual TFT LCD of 260,000 colors. It is also equipped with a 1.3 mega-pixel camera with flash and 64 polyphonic ringtones. Users can send photos and phone numbers to other mobile phones through its infra-red data association (IrDA) function.

Pantech has been working with its Design Community to further explore Korean traditional patterns to find out charming design factors and trying to accept them in mobile phones. These attempts will help Pantech play a pioneering role in setting a new standard of Korean beauty for mobile phones.

The IM-S150 will be launched in Korea this week under Pantech's SKY brand, the leading Korean premium mobile phone brand.

IM-S150 features include:
o Compact clamshell phone
o Main LCD: 1.8'' 260K TFT LCD
Sub LCD: 1.0" 260K TFT LCD
o Dimension: 78.5 x 37.5 x 16.6 mm / weight: 80g
o 1.3M CMOS camera with flash
o MP3 Player
o 64 polyphonic ringtones
o Electronic dictionary
o IrDA

About Pantech:
Pantech, through its affiliates - Pantech Co., Ltd., Pantech&Curitel Communications, Inc. and Pantech C&I Co. - is one of Korea's top three mobile handset makers and is the seventh largest handset manufacturer in the world. Pantech has been responsible for a number of breakthrough innovations in the mobile technology sector, including the introduction in 2004 of the world's first fingerprint recognition camera phone, as well as award winning camcorder, MP3 and DMB phones. In 2005, Pantech affiliate Pantech&Curitel Communications acquired SK Teletech Co., the handset manufacturing arm of SK Telecom, the number one mobile network operator in South Korea. The SKY brand, originally marketed by SK Teletech as the most popular premium handset brand in South Korea, has since become part of the Pantech brand portfolio. Pantech markets its products under the SKY and Curitel brands in the domestic Korean market and under the Pantech brand overseas. Pantech collectively has approximately 3,500 employees and 21 regional sales offices worldwide. For more information on Pantech, please visit www.pantech.com.

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